The new capability uses patented cellular network measurements and multi-source fusion to geolocate drones and vehicles when GPS is jammed, spoofed or unavailable, and it flags spoofing in real time.
Israeli drone developer Elsight announced its new Positioning capability on October 12, 2026, delivering geolocation for autonomous platforms across air, land and maritime domains in GPS-denied, GPS-jammed and GPS-spoofed environments. The Allen, Texas connectivity provider, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as ELS, offers the feature inside Halo, its flagship mission enablement product. Existing Halo customers need no additional hardware, since Elsight delivers it as a software or feature unlock.
The launch comes as GPS jamming and spoofing continue worldwide. As uncrewed systems spread, electronic warfare has moved to the center of tactical planning, and jamming and spoofing tools once limited to specialist units are now fielded broadly by regular forces.
How Elsight’s GPS-denied positioning works
At its core, Positioning uses a patented cellular-based method that determines platform location from cellular network measurements. Because it runs on entirely different infrastructure from GNSS, the system resists jamming, spoofing and electronic interference that would compromise satellite-dependent navigation. According to Elsight, it also works on any available network, regardless of ownership or origin.
A multi-source fusion engine then layers in other available inputs, including cellular Timing Advance, surrounding base station signals, GPS when verified reliable, and motion and velocity vectors. As signal availability changes, the engine adapts automatically without relying on any single source. In normal operations, the system uses GPS by default and switches to cellular positioning only when GPS becomes unavailable.
Elsight emphasizes that the system produces absolute geolocation rather than relative positioning, so a platform knows where it is instead of only how far it has moved from a starting point. It can also operate with no GPS, no internet, no visual reference and no communications link, including in darkness, at sea and in conflict zones.
“GPS has become a critical vulnerability in contested environments,” said Yoav Amitai, chief executive of Elsight. “Our Positioning product removes that dependency entirely, giving uncrewed systems the ability to know exactly where they are, regardless of what is happening to the environment around them. Every alternative tells you how far you’ve moved. We tell you where you are. It is a fundamentally different approach to positioning.”
Active GPS spoofing detection
Elsight describes Positioning as the first product of its kind with built-in active GPS spoofing detection. The system cross-references GPS against cellular-derived position in real time, and it fires an alert automatically when the two diverge beyond a set threshold. In addition, the company positions the capability as a small, lightweight and affordable alternative to large, heavy or expensive navigation equipment.
Integration with Elsight Halo
Halo extends uncrewed operations beyond visual line of sight without ground infrastructure constraints. It bonds cellular, satellite and RF communications into a single connectivity layer and selects the optimal path continuously. Halo has logged more than 500,000 operational hours across more than 100 active customers, including deployments in high-intensity combat environments, and it appears on the Blue UAS list administered by the Defense Contract Management Agency.
More information is available at Elsight.
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